þes
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old English þēs, þēos, þis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θeːs/, /ðeːs/, /ˈθeːz(ə)/, /ˈðeːz(ə)/
Alternative forms
- þese, þece, þez, þeze, þeis, þeise, þis, þise, þeys, þeyse, þys, þyse, dese, dyse, þiȝe, þyȝe, tys, yece, yese, yesse, yeis, yeys, yeise, yeyse, yeus, yhese, yise, yisse, yies, yiese, ȝese, ȝeyse, ȝise, ȝyse
- þies, þiese, þyes, þyese (Northern); þiez, yes, yis, þyez (East Anglia); þeos, þeose (West Midland); þeos, þeose (Southwest Midland); þæs (early Southwest Midland); þeus, þeuse, þus, þuse (Southwest)
- tes (Early Middle English, following t); teos (early Southwest, following d)
Alternative forms
References
- “thēs(e, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “thēs(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Etymology
From West Germanic, the base being *þes-, from Proto-Germanic *þat.
Cognate with Old Frisian thīs, Old High German dese, Old Norse þessi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θeːs/
Declension
Declension of þēs
In later language the feminine genitive, dative, and instrumental singular is also þissere, þisre, and the genitive plural is also þissera, þisra.
References
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